| Database Information |
ERIC [ProQuest]  |
| Access: |
Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect: 1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library 2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office 3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required) |
| Description: | ERIC contains references with summaries from education journals and documents (i.e., books, pamphlets, conference reports, symposia, studies, tests, etc.). It consists of two files: the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals. In addition, ERIC contains over 850 ERIC Digest records that feature the full text of the original document. ERIC also contains resources on training and development and library and information science. |
| Coverage: | 1966- |
| Updated: | monthly |
| Journals: | Serials Source Lists |
| Links: | Depending upon the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts database, there might be links to full-text electronic journal articles from the American Meteorological Society, BioOne, HighWire Press, IngentaConnect, JSTOR, National Sea Grant Library, Nature Publishing Group, Project MUSE, PsycARTICLES, Sage Publications, ScienceDirect, Springer LINK. If full text is available, there will be a clickable “Full-Text” link at the top of a citation. Additional Get It! links are provided by clicking on the “Get It!” button. Links to ERIC documents (i.e., those documents with an ED number) are provided by the “Full-Text Linking” link before the Get It! button. |
| Alerts: | Click on “Alerts” in the “Search Tools” area to set up a personal profile. You can click on “Alerts” above a result set to save it. A saved “Alert” will be used to automatically search your selected databases for new content every week. |
| Notes: | Effective October 1, 2004 more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee services only, will be available for free through the DoE's ERIC site. Scholar profile information can be accessed from search results lists by 1) clicking on the ScholarIcon ( |
| Output Formats: | Click on “Save/Print/Email Records.” Available as an option from the Save/Print/Email screen, QuikBib allows you to generate a bibliography from your search results in any of eight popular bibliographic styles. Final output is available as HTML, Text, RTF, and MS Word. |
| Help: | Click on “Help” in the upper right of the screen. For further assistance, contact a librarian. |
| Software Requirements: | Best viewed with Netscape 6.0 or newer or Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer. |
| Related Resources: | ERIC corresponds to two
printed publications: Resources in Education (RIE), and
Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).
See also Education Full Text. |
| Users: | unlimited concurrent users |
| Producer: | ProQuest |
) next to names of authors within short results and on full record view or 2) clicking on the ScholarTab.